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Three judges in Nigeria have been sanctioned by the National Judicial Council (NJC) for various infractions including judicial rascality and age falsification. While Justice O. Gbaja-Biamila of Lagos State High Court has been recommended to state Governor Akinwunmi Ambode for retirement for unethical practice, the other two judges, Idris M. J. Evuti and Tanko Yusuf […]

The Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Victor Ezugwu’s leading convoy was about 8.30am this morning ambushed by suspected Boko Haram terrorists enroute to visit troops in Bama. This was contained in a statement released by the Acting Army Spokesperson, Col. Sani Usman on Tuesday morning. Usman said, although one […]

There is an open sore on the minds and dignity of many Nigerians that probably only President Buhari can quickly heal by saying something clear and loud about the sore and those that caused it. The sore in question is the recent murky recruitment exercise carried out by the Central Bank of Nigeria in which […]

There was  uproar on Monday over the plan by the Lagos State House of Assembly to extend the tenure of local government chairmen from three to four years. A public hearing held on the proposed Local Government administration amendment bill that also seeks to give the House of Assembly the power to override the governor […]

Lagos State Government has advised residents not to panic as the Nigerian Air Force commences night flying training exercise in the state on Monday night. The exercise, according to the State’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Steve Ayorinde, is to last till April 23 and will hold between 7pm and 11pm daily. This exercise will […]

Nigeria’s secret service agents, the Department of State Security (DSS)  have arrested a former Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Domestic Matters, Waripamowei Dudafa, while attempting to travel out of the country through the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos. Dudafa was on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC’s wanted list for his alleged […]

Senators may have set the stage for a major confrontation between them and the Code of Conduct Tribunal over Senate President Bukola Saraki’s trial for alleged falsification of assets. The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions on Monday summoned CCT Chairman, Justice Danladi Umar, over allegations of corruption against him. The invitation, coming […]

The National Youth Service Corps’ outgoing DG, Brig. General Johnson Olawumi has revealed plans to increase the allowances of the corps members.   The outgoing DG revealed this in Abuja, saying the management of the scheme had drawn the attention of the Federal Government to the need to increase the allowances. Olawumi said there was […]

About 92 armed herdsmen have been arrested by soldiers at a military checkpoints in Abuja. The Assistant Director, Army Public Relations of the Guards Brigade, Capt. Bashir Jajira, said that 36 of the suspects were arrested on their way to Nasarawa State. The suspected herdsmen were said to have told the soldiers that they were […]

The National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Professor Wale Oladipo, has refuted reports that he received money from the former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col Sambo Dasuki,(rtd). In a statement to journalists at the PDP National Secretariat in Abuja, Oladipo also denied seeking soft landing with the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo by promising […]

Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday held that the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation should prosecute 16 suspects accused of fraud at the Consolidated Discount House Limited. There was a disagreement between lawyers representing the AGF and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on who should […]

As the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the December 2015 killings in Zaria, Kaduna state continues to sit, the Arewa Youth Intellectual Forum, AYIF, has raised an alarm over plots to politicize the investigation ahead of the 2019 general elections. The group said there are plans by the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, to pitch […]